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lousy photo but one of my favourites. There are small details here that really do show how one mosaicist just spent that little bit extra time on this. Aquileia 4th century CE

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2020-03-23

Another one for The 'hunting dogs' is lifted out of an excavation in the middle of a highstreet in 1849. Illustration: .

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2020-06-01

A Roman mosaic was discovered at in 1685 and recorded by John Aubrey

His drawing shows incredible detail for the period AND includes a scale ! 🤩😍

It is possible the central panel contained an image of

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2020-08-17

A villa was unearthed at East Coker in 1753 and again in 1820

Sadly the walls were robbed for stone and the mosaics stolen but some record of their grandeur survives

A thread for

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2020-09-21

A dramatic and bloody scene with a pair of centaurs fighting wild cats, part of the dining room floor from Hadrian's villa at Tivoli for

It is made of minute tesserae of coloured natural stones and is now in display at the Altes Museum

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2020-09-28

Ooh, it's been a busy one so far, but here's a second offering, with the Leadenhall Street Mosaic, showing Bacchus riding side-saddle on a tigress: ca. 1st-2nd Century BC, but with 19th Century restoration.

Image: British Museum (OA.290)

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2020-10-12

"Mosaic of the Wrestling Cupids", was created about 175 AD. It was excavated in 1979 from a large Roman house just outside the town wall. Sadly parts have been lost over time, but this drawing fills in a few of those gaps.

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2020-11-16

Another cross-dressing Achilles on Skyros from an oecus (Palencia, Spain). The naked fair-skinned hero is draped in women, torn between two fates: palace luxury & glorious warfare. A wily tanned Odysseus looks back almost winking. "Come on then".. 1/3

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2020-12-14

In the city of in there is the which has a really impressive collection of The beautifully preserved mosaic depicting  travelling on his sea is especially impressive.

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2021-02-08

A floor dating to the 4th century CE and depicting fighting Dionysos was a very popular subject in Roman mosaics. Provenance: Villa Ruffinella,

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2021-02-15

- a fantastic fun scene here, with musicians, dancing and some bum-wiggling to boot! This ca. 2nd Century AD scene was discovered in the garden of S. Sabina on the Aventine in 1711.

Image: Musei Vaticani (MV.902.0.0)

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2021-03-01

- and I'm hoping to channel the energy of this prancing Dionysus at the start of the working week... maybe not his outfit though. Wish me luck!

ca. 4th Century AD, excavated at Halicarnassus.

Image: British Museum (1857,1220.414)

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2021-03-08

The Bacchus mosaic from Stonesfield villa uncovered in 1712 and subsequently destroyed by souvenir hunters, was featured in this amazing 18th c embroidery looked after by the wonderful (the most Oxfordshireist museum in Oxfordshire 😁)

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2021-04-05

We’re celebrating with the gorgeous Dominus Julius Mosaic from Carthage.

Dating to the late C4th–early C5th CE, the mosaic captures the daily life of the elite across three registers with a dwelling at the centre.

This piece is held in the Bardo National Museum.

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2021-04-19

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The Triumph of Neptune

roman mosaic (mid-third century AD)
Hadrumète (Sousse) Tunisia 🇹🇳
Sousse Archaeological Museum

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2021-05-04

Fot this , one of the two incredible mosaics with athletes from the of , in .
It was originally very big, it went through many works between 1834-1970 and can be seen today at the

https://t.co/WyVmjuDV3n

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2021-05-10

The stunning mosaic from Hemsworth

A short thread (including very grumpy dolphins) for 👇👇

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2021-06-07

Women’s sports in 4th c. Sicily.
Villa Romana del Casale via
https://t.co/tPv3DQajUI

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2021-06-14